The Life and Writing of Charles Dickens: Reading List
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The following texts are required reading for this course, although students may decide to omit one of the three longest novels: Bleak House, Little Dorrit or Our Mutual Friend. The recommended editions for the first five books are from the Penguin Classics series (not to be confused with Penguin Popular Classics) and recent or older editions of these will be fine. Alternatively, Oxford World’s Classics are also suitable.
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens, Philip Horne (Ed.),
Penguin Books (Penguin Classics), 2003.
ISBN: 0141439742
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
Nicola Bradbury, Terry Eagleton (Eds.)
Penguin Books (Penguin Classics), 2003.
ISBN: 0141439726
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
Stephen Wall, Helen Small (Eds.)
Penguin Books (Penguin Classics), 2004.
ISBN: 0141439963
Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens
Adrian Poole (Ed.)
Penguin Books (Penguin Classics), 1997.
ISBN: 0140434976
Selected Short Fiction
Charles Dickens
Deborah Thomas (Ed.)
Penguin Books (Penguin Classics), 1976.
ISBN: 0140431039
Dickens: A Biography
Fred Kaplan
Johns Hopkins Press, 1998.
ISBN: 0801860180
Additional Reading
This text is not compulsory, but you may find it helpful to read the certain chapters of Hawthorn’s book in advance - see Course Preparation
Studying the Novel: An Introduction
Jeremy Hawthorn
Hodder Arnold, 2005 (5th edition)
ISBN: 0340887877